After a jury found Nagy guilty on those counts, prosecutors asked Boulder District Judge Andrew MacDonald to revoke Nagy's $7,500 bond, but MacDonald denied the motion.

Per the terms of his bond, Nagy -- who was living in Vail -- was required to check in by a landline daily, but officials said he stopped doing so the week before his sentencing.

On the day of his sentencing, Nagy failed to appear, and his bond was revoked and a warrant issued for his arrest. Prosecutors asked to continue sentencing without Nagy since his absence was apparently voluntary, but MacDonald denied the motion.

Nagy was previously convicted of sexual assault in Boulder in 1996 and was sentenced to probation in that case.

"We are very concerned about getting Mr. Nagy back in custody so he can be sentenced," said Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett.

Boulder police spokeswoman Kim Kobel said late Friday that Nagy, who has relatives in Michigan and was last seen in Denver, was last known to be driving a red 2009 Nissan XTerra. He might have a 10-year-old Chesapeake Bay retriever, with him.

As for MacDonald's decision not to revoke bond after the guilty verdict, Garnett said while his office can make its arguments, the decision is ultimately the courts.

"I'm pleased my deputies made the argument they made. The court made the decision he made, and it obviously wasn't what we asked him to do but it's a tough decision for everybody," Garnett said.

Nagy is the second convicted sex offender to fail to appear on his case in the past few months.

In December, George Tiba failed to appear on the final day of his trial, where he was ultimately convicted of sexual assault. He was later found and arrested in California several days later.

MacDonald was also the judge in Tiba's case.

Garnett said due to the severe penalties facing convicted sex offenders, his office typically asks judges to set high bonds during trials and revoke bonds after convictions.

"The Tiba and the Nagy cases are cases that obviously are a concern to my office because of the public safety issues," Garnett said. "Whenever you have someone convicted of a sexual assault not appearing on bond that is a public safety risk."

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